Carlos Utria – WBC Super Lightweight Grand Prix Winner

On December 20 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the final bout of the WBC Super Lightweight Grand Prix took place. The matchup featured 26-year-old Mujibillo Tursunov representing Uzbekistan and 22-year-old Colombian boxer Carlos Utria. In the final, the Grand Prix participants competed in 8-round bouts.

The fight ended in a unanimous decision: three scores of 77-75 and two scores of 78-74 in favor of Carlos Utria. UD 8.

Throughout the Grand Prix, Tursunov (9-1, 2 KOs) won exclusively by judges' decisions—twice by unanimous decision and twice by majority decision. Utria (14-0, 11 KOs), on his way to the final, secured two decision wins and two early stoppages in the 1st and 2nd rounds.